Comments on: PlayStation Mobile: Pillage and Plunder with Loot the Land, Out Today

By: Luigi Fumero

Luigi Fumero — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:52:07 +0000

Thanks Squiggle55. Nice ideas. 1 and 2 were already high in our wish list.
The endless mode will work well, we will need to carefully fine tune how the difficulty progresses.
The fine balance between making the opposing forces stronger and the grid full of difficult objects will be key to make this mode fun.

By: Squiggle55

Squiggle55 — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:03:29 +0000

@Luigi I bought the game last night and we really enjoyed the gameplay. But it also left me with lots of ideas for how to improve it with a patch. Hope you all consider some of this.

Here are 2 absolutely essential things that need to be added:
1) Keep track of your best time for each stage
2) Actually list what the target times are to earn the different medals on each level. I didn’t see these target times listed anywhere.

And here’s something I would just really enjoy to get a lot more out of the game for a long time:

1) An Endless/Survival Mode where you simply try to survive as long as you can. If you are pushed back to the left side of the screen then your game is over but otherwise you simply try to survive and beat your top score. The high score could be your longest time survived or most coins collected. Most coins collected would be better possibly because topping your time survived could possibly become monotonous (and eventually very hard to top if the difficulty gradually increases) while collecting more coins would be based on strategy, skill, as well as luck.

thank you for you work!

By: Luigi Fumero

Luigi Fumero — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 07:02:02 +0000

Thanks BrianC6234. We are glad you like it!

You have earned a trophy.
Friend of Playerthree.

By: Luigi Fumero

Luigi Fumero — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 06:59:08 +0000

Hi vankwinkle,

I am back, sorry I could not answer earlier, but we are based in the UK and it was time for bed. :)
Yes, at Playerthree we are considering more PSM games. We are in the process of finishing other titles (one of them for Vita) and once we will be done with them we will definitely think about more PSM games too. We like the platform a lot, PSM is receiving a lot of good feedback and we like working with Sony.
So keep your eyes open for more!

By: BrianC6234

BrianC6234 — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 06:54:22 +0000

I just bought Loot The Land and played it a while. It’s a lot of fun. I don’t understand people who say they won’t buy a game if there’s no trophies. I like trophies but smaller games like this don’t really need them.

By: Elvick_

Elvick_ — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 06:31:23 +0000

“In Loot The Land we made assets specific for each PSM device. There is no scaling, everything you see is 1 to 1 pixel perfect! ”

Well that sold me on the game. This will probably be the only game worth playing on my Sony Tablet S, although I could always connect my dualshock 3 and see if that works with the other two games I got, but I need one of those cords first.

And for the record I like trophies, but if you completely write off a game because it lacks them. You are foolish. There is nothing wrong with LIKING trophies, but placing the ENTIRE value of a game on whether it has them or not is foolish. And not buying a game because it has no trophies is placing all it’s value on the fact it has no trophies. Thus it isn’t “worth anything”.

@11: lol, no I don’t. But if it makes you feel better, believe that all you want. If you actually read the PS Blog, you’d know I complain too. I just have valid complaints. Not childish ones about lack of trophies.

By: GhostMachine1

GhostMachine1 — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 04:06:35 +0000

I’m super excited to play these games!

By: Kanashimi

Kanashimi — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 02:15:37 +0000

While I have no problem with games that don’t have trophies, I am more convinced to buy something with trophies. It doesn’t mean a game without them is unplayable or should be ignored, but it will go lower on my priority list versus something that does.

People enjoy trophies for different reason and they shouldn’t be made to feel foolish simply because it’s a big factor in their purchase. It’s a nice incentive and ensures you’re getting more gameplay out of something you might just play once.

Regardless, the game looks great. I will say there’s quite a few things right now competing for my attention, so this will probably be something I pick up in December.

By: EmperorLawlight

EmperorLawlight — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 01:23:05 +0000

No trophy = no buy.

By: Squiggle55

Squiggle55 — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 00:17:37 +0000

@Luigi Thanks very much for the answers to my questions. I’m very happy to hear that you are considering adding an endless mode and a high score chart with a patch. That’s the kind of stuff I really love to have in a puzzle game.